How Long After Receiving Botox Should I Wait Before Trying to Conceive?

To be 100% honest my first recommendation is always to defer these types of questions to your OB. They really are the experts and I don't try to pretend I understand the risk assessment for making the beautiful babies!Hope this helps.Best of luck,DrC

It is best to wait four months after having Botox before trying to get pregnant. There are no studies indicating the safety or harmful effects of Botox during pregnancy.

The Botox would be gone from your system in most cases in 4-5 months.  Although there are no studies to verify that it would be safe to conceive at this point, the benefit of waiting longer is almost nil after that much time has passed.

There are no studies to address if the botox that was injected becomes so integrated in the tissue that there is or is not a chance of systemic effect. The company will not endorse the injection of  Botox during pregnancy, but that does not mean that there would be a problem. No one can tell you that anything other than waiting five to six months after the Botox is injected (when it should be worn off) is safe.

This is one of those questions for which we have no definite information.  The risks are most likely quite low but probably not zero.  If might be prudent to wait a couple of months before conceiving if you have a choice.  Often the question is posed differently along the lines of "I got BOTOX two weeks ago and now I discovered I am actually pregnant-what should I do."  

Generally the advice for this later situation is to not worry about the BOTOX treatment.  Your circumstances are different because you are not now pregnant and presumable you could delay becoming pregnant.  Best advice here is to talk with your gynecologist.  Recognize that there are no definitive answers but your personal gynecologist will know your personal health history and be able to provide you a recommendation knowing your health history.

There are no studies one way or another to advise patients with Botox and Pregnancy, so my best advice is to avoid Botox injections during pregnancy.  If you have Botox and did not know you were pregnant, don't worry either since there are also no studies showing that this is a problem.  As far as conceiving while on Botox, there are no studies for this either.  However, it is likely not a problem.

To the best of my knowledge the teratogenicity of botulinum toxin has not been clearly established and therefore its administration during the early stages of pregnancy is not advised.

There are no studies on the effect of Botox during conception.  It is not recommended to inject any women that is pregnant or nursing. Always seek treatment from a qualified physician.

Hello and thank you for your question,

at this time there are no human studies on affect of botox on conception  but the general consensus is that we typically avoid injecting pregnant mothers. 

This is an interesting questions and unfortunately there are no studies that relate specifically to this. The Botox itself we think is taken up by the tissues within hours to even a couple of days. Most likely, it is safe to conceive after this time.